indolent

  • 21indolent — [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens, which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ …

    The Hutchinson dictionary of word origins

  • 22indolent — [[t]ɪ̱ndələnt[/t]] ADJ GRADED Someone who is indolent is lazy. [FORMAL] ...indolent teenagers who won t lift a finger to help …

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  • 23indolent — in•do•lent [[t]ˈɪn dl ənt[/t]] adj. 1) having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion; slothful 2) pat inactive or relatively benign: indolent ulcer[/ex] • Etymology: 1655–65; < LL indolent = in III+dolēns, prp. of dolēre to be in pain… …

    From formal English to slang

  • 24indolent — [18] Historically, indolent means ‘feeling no pain’ – indeed, that is how it was used as a technical medical term in English in the 17th and 18th centuries. It comes from late Latin indolens, which was based on the Latin verb dolere ‘suffer pain’ …

    Word origins

  • 25Indolent — Indolenz (lat. indolentia Unempfindlichkeit gegen Schmerz; dolere leiden, auch: schmerzen) bedeutet Schmerzlosigkeit, Schmerzfreiheit, aber auch Gleichgültigkeit gegenüber Schmerzen im körperlichen wie auch im psychischen Sinn. Als Indolenz… …

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  • 26indolent — See lazy. See lazy, idle, indolent …

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  • 27indolent — I (Roget s IV) modif. Syn. slow, inactive, lethargic, sluggish; see idle 1 , lazy 1 , listless 1 . II (Roget s 3 Superthesaurus) (VOCABULARY WORD) a. [IN duh lunt] lazy. He was homeless because he was indolent, not unlucky. SYN.: lazy, idle,… …

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  • 28indolent — [ ɪnd(ə)l(ə)nt] adjective 1》 wanting to avoid activity or exertion; lazy. 2》 Medicine (of an ulcer or other disease condition) slow to develop or heal. Derivatives indolence noun indolently adverb Origin C17: from late L. indolent , from in not + …

    English new terms dictionary

  • 29indolent — adjective those who choose to remain aimless and indolent will never benefit from our self help programs Syn: lazy, idle, slothful, loafing, do nothing, sluggardly, shiftless, lackadaisical, languid, inactive, inert, sluggish, lethargic, torpid;… …

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  • 30indolent — /ˈɪndələnt / (say induhluhnt) adjective 1. having or showing a disposition to avoid exertion: an indolent person. 2. Pathology sluggish. {Late Latin indolens not suffering pain} –indolently, adverb …